The other day Selena looked outside and informed me that there were rain clouds. I asked her “How do you know that they are rain clouds?” Her answer was, “I don’t know.”
With that in mind today I decided to teach her about clouds and rain. What we used:
I brought the pot of water to a boil, as Selena watched and waited for the water to boil.
Once the water was boiling I held the pie tin with ice over the top of it and Selena watched as her cloud began to form.
She continued to watch as water droplets began to form on the bottom of the pie tin, and started to drip back into the pot. We tried to get a good picture of the water dropping back into the pot but it is hard to get that type of picture!
I decided to take this one step further. I needed to defrost my freezer, so I used this opportunity to do just that.
As I explained to Selena this is our cold air and that the air in the sky is usually colder then the ground. I then put the pot of boiling water in, and closed the door. In a few seconds I let Selena open the door. She was in seventh heaven to see the big cloud as she called it.
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That is the most simple, and straightfoward cloud demonstration, I've seen yet!
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oo I read about that on the site you posted about! Sounds like a great science experiment!
ReplyDeleteYou know, I still remember when I was a kid and learning about clouds and how thrilled I was to realize that all that steam and stuff up in the air after my shower was a mini cloud.
ReplyDeleteI am so remembering this for when we study weather. This is one of the best cloud demonstrations I've seen.
That is a wonderful experiment! I am going to bookmark it so that I can use it down the road. Thanks! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is a great experiment! I wil lhave to remember this when we learn about weather.
ReplyDeleteI love it - this experiment is perfect for our children age. I am definitely going to repeat it here soon. I didn't realize that Selena's hair is so long - she is a beautiful girl.
ReplyDeleteAwesome post! We're going to do this as well. Thank you for explaining it so well and what a good idea to put the pit in the freezer!
ReplyDeleteLove it! I try to do a lot of hands-on with my son too. It makes learning more fun for both of us!
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